A rouverture de la seance M. C. Bruce propose la 

 motiou suivante qui est adoptee a runanimitc. 



That the members of the Royal Societj^ present at 

 the meeting held on the 24th of August 1877, the Anni- 

 versary of the day on which the first meeting of the 

 " Societe d'llistoire Naturelle^' was held in the year 1829 

 take this opportunity of recording their grateful sense of 

 the Benefits which Mr Bouton the sole sm-vivor of the 

 first meeting, has confined on the Society, and of paying 

 a hearty and affectionate tribute to the knowledge with 

 which he has enriched their Transactions, the conscien- 

 tious labor and the invariable com-tes}^ with which he has 

 acted as Secretary, and tlie many rpialities which have 

 made him the valued and honored friend of every member 

 of the v^'ociety ". 



M. L. BouTON a alors repondu a ces paroles : 



M. Bruce, appuye par M. Para, propose en qualite 

 de membre resident le Dr Davidson. 



M. Para lit une note sur la formation des iles Ma- 

 di'eporiques, 



M. L. BoUTOx soumet a la Societe un travail sur la 

 Plante. 



SEANCE DU MERCREDI, 20 SEPTEMBRE 1877. 



sous LA PRESIDEXCE DU Dr LEJUGE, VICE-PRESIDENT. 



Presents: MM. Finniss, Daruty, Le Mi^re, Para, 

 Eevd, S. TValshe et L. Boulon, Secretaire. 



Le } rocps-verbal est lu et adopte. 



Le Dr Davidson propose a la derniere seance est elu 

 membre resident. 



M. A. Daruty fait part a la Societe da la perte 

 qu'elle vient de faire en la personne du Dr Weddell . 



